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* AdaptationalVillainy: The heroic Tin Man of the original ''Literature/LandOfOz'' novels has become a heartless despot.
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* InsistentTerminology: There are no prisoners in the Tin Man's dungeons. They are all 'honoured guests'.
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Victoria Wright, a young mechanic who works keeping the gears of the Emerald City turning, is whisked away by flying monkeys to meet Locasta, the Good Witch of the North. She dispatches Victoria on a quest to save Oz from the Tin Man's ambition. Accompanied by the Wizard's brother Phadrig and a munchikin named Gromit, Victoria leaves the Emerald City for the first time. She gathers allies including the Cowardly Lion's son Magnus, a tribe of industrious munchikins, and eventually the mysterious Wizard of Oz himself, reminds them that the Tin Man once had a heart. Together the RagtagBunchOfMisfits set out on a quest to help find the Tin man’s heart.

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Victoria Wright, a young mechanic who works keeping the gears of the Emerald City turning, is whisked away by flying monkeys to meet Locasta, the Good Witch of the North. She dispatches Victoria on a quest to save Oz from the Tin Man's ambition. Accompanied by the Wizard's brother Phadrig and a munchikin munchkin named Gromit, Victoria leaves the Emerald City for the first time. She gathers allies including the Cowardly Lion's son Magnus, a tribe of industrious munchikins, and eventually the mysterious Wizard of Oz himself, reminds them that the Tin Man once had a heart. Together the RagtagBunchOfMisfits set out on a quest to help find the Tin man’s heart.
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* WrenchWench: Victoria Wright is a young mechanic who works keeping the eponymous steam engines of Oz running.
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* {{Steampunk}}: The Tin Man is now the ruler of the Emerald City and has turned the city in to a steam powered Utopia, driven by the eponymous steam engines. Now he seeks to expand his rule over the rest of Oz, and wipe out magic and replace it with technology.

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* {{Steampunk}}: The Tin Man is now the ruler of the Emerald City and has turned the city in to into a steam powered Utopia, driven by the eponymous steam engines. Now he seeks to expand his rule over the rest of Oz, and wipe out magic and replace it with technology.
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* {{Steampunk}}: The Tin Man is now the ruler of Emerald and has turned the city in to a steam powered Utopia, driven by the eponymous steam engines. Now he seeks to expand his rule over the rest of Oz, and wipe out magic and replace it with technology.

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* {{Steampunk}}: The Tin Man is now the ruler of the Emerald City and has turned the city in to a steam powered Utopia, driven by the eponymous steam engines. Now he seeks to expand his rule over the rest of Oz, and wipe out magic and replace it with technology.



* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Tin Man honestly believes that his grand plan to bring all Oz under rule, to destroy all magic and replace it with his {{Steampunk}} technology, and to wipe out the munchkins are all actions that are for the benefit of Oz.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Tin Man honestly believes that his grand plan to bring all Oz under his rule, to destroy all magic and replace it with his {{Steampunk}} technology, and to wipe out the munchkins are all actions that are for the benefit of Oz.
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* WellIntenionedExtremist: The Tin Man honestly believes that his grand plan to bring all Oz under rule, to destroy all magic and replace it with his {{Steampunk}} technology, and to wipe out the munchkins are all actions that are for the benefit of Oz.

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* WellIntenionedExtremist: WellIntentionedExtremist: The Tin Man honestly believes that his grand plan to bring all Oz under rule, to destroy all magic and replace it with his {{Steampunk}} technology, and to wipe out the munchkins are all actions that are for the benefit of Oz.
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* WellIntenionedExtremist: The Tin Man honestly believes that his grand plan to bring all Oz under rule, to destroy all magic and replace it with his {{Steampunk}} technology, and to wipe out the munchkins are all actions that are for the benefit of Oz.

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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: It was losing his love Nimmie Amee that caused the Tin Man to go crazy with grief and remove his heart, and gradually become a TinTyrant: seeking to destroy both magic and the munchkin race as the two factors he considered responsible for her death.

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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: It was losing his love Nimmie Amee that caused the Tin Man to go crazy with grief and remove his heart, and gradually become a TinTyrant: seeking to destroy both magic and the munchkin race as the two factors he considered considers responsible for her death.



* MechaMooks: The Tin Man uses automatons as powerful shock troops and cannon fodder. These include [[DreadfulDragonfly giant mechanical dragonflies]] and brass foot soldiers (who, in a MythologyGag, look a lot like Tik-Tok from ''Literature/OzmaOfOz'' and ''Literature/TikTokOfOz''.

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* MechaMooks: The Tin Man uses automatons as powerful shock troops and cannon fodder. These include [[DreadfulDragonfly giant mechanical dragonflies]] and brass foot soldiers (who, in a MythologyGag, look a lot like Tik-Tok from ''Literature/OzmaOfOz'' and ''Literature/TikTokOfOz''.''Literature/TikTokOfOz'').


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* TinTyrant: The Emerald City is now ruled by the Tin Man: once one of Oz's greatest heroes, but now a (literally) heartless tyrant. Under his rule, the city has advanced to {{steampunk}} levels of technology; powered by the mighty steam engines of Oz. Tin Man continues to expand the city's territory, threatening to swallow the Emerald Forest and destroy its inhabitants.
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Victoria Wright, a young mechanic who works keeping the gears of the Emerald City turning, is whisked away by flying monkeys to meet Locasta, the Good Witch of the North. She dispatches Victoria on a quest to save Oz from the Tin Man's ambition. Accompanied by the Wizard's brother Phadrig and a munchikin named Gromit, Victoria leaves the Emerald City for the first time. She gathers allies including the Cowardly Lion's son Magnus, a tribe of industrious munchikins, and eventually the mysterious Wizard of Ox himself, reminds them that the Tin Man once had a heart. Together the RagtagBunchOfMisfits set out on a quest to help find the Tin man’s heart.

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Victoria Wright, a young mechanic who works keeping the gears of the Emerald City turning, is whisked away by flying monkeys to meet Locasta, the Good Witch of the North. She dispatches Victoria on a quest to save Oz from the Tin Man's ambition. Accompanied by the Wizard's brother Phadrig and a munchikin named Gromit, Victoria leaves the Emerald City for the first time. She gathers allies including the Cowardly Lion's son Magnus, a tribe of industrious munchikins, and eventually the mysterious Wizard of Ox Oz himself, reminds them that the Tin Man once had a heart. Together the RagtagBunchOfMisfits set out on a quest to help find the Tin man’s heart.

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** The lioness Lucilla is one half of a BattleCouple with her mate Magnus.

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** The lioness Lucilla Lucila is one half of a BattleCouple with her mate Magnus.



* BladeBrake: When Victoria performs her SuicidalGotcha, Lucila and Heflin jump after her, only to find themselves plummenting off a cliff. Lucila arrests her fall by digging her claws into the cliff face and sliding to stop. Heflin is not so luck (or quick witted).

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* BladeBrake: When Victoria performs her SuicidalGotcha, Lucila and Heflin jump after her, only to find themselves plummenting plummeting off a cliff. Lucila arrests her fall by digging her claws into the cliff face and sliding to stop. Heflin is not so luck (or quick witted).



* DreadfulDragonfly: The Tin Man's MechaMooks include giant mechanical dragonflies which he sends after the munchikin air force.
* DualWielding: When the lions and the munchikins take on Oz's army, FourStarBadass Sir Blackburn charges Magnus weilding an [[ShockStick elctro-sword]] in each hand.
* GatlingGood: The munchikin planes are mounted with Gatling {{Lightning Gun}}s operated by gunners positioned on the wings.
* HangingByTheFingers: Oscar ends up hanging by his fingers when he falls off the side of the munchikins' invisible bridge.

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* DreadfulDragonfly: The Tin Man's MechaMooks include giant mechanical dragonflies which he sends after the munchikin munchkin air force.
* DualWielding: When the lions and the munchikins munchkins take on Oz's army, FourStarBadass Sir Blackburn charges Magnus weilding wielding an [[ShockStick elctro-sword]] in each hand.
* GatlingGood: The munchikin munchkin planes are mounted with Gatling {{Lightning Gun}}s operated by gunners positioned on the wings.
* HangingByTheFingers: Oscar ends up hanging by his fingers when he falls off the side of the munchikins' munchkins' invisible bridge.



* LightningGun: The munchikins have [[GatlingGood Gatling]] lightning cannons mounted on their planes.
* LosingYourHead: The Tin Man decapitated his advisor Scarecrow for daring to question his plans to modernize Oz. The heroes find Scarecroe's head in the Emerald Palace and are shocked when it calmly starts conversing with them.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: It was losing his love Nimmie Amee that caused the Tin Man to go crazy with grief and remove his heart, and gradually become a TinTyrant: seeking to destroy both magic and the munchikin race as the two factors he considered responsible for her death.

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* LightningGun: The munchikins munchkins have [[GatlingGood Gatling]] lightning cannons mounted on their planes.
* LosingYourHead: The Tin Man decapitated his advisor Scarecrow for daring to question his plans to modernize Oz. The heroes find Scarecroe's Scarecrow's head in the Emerald Palace and are shocked when it calmly starts conversing with them.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: It was losing his love Nimmie Amee that caused the Tin Man to go crazy with grief and remove his heart, and gradually become a TinTyrant: seeking to destroy both magic and the munchikin munchkin race as the two factors he considered responsible for her death.


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* SpikesOfDoom: The munchkin village is surrounded by a huge ditch (essentially an empty moat) which is lined with sharp spikes at the bottom. The only way to cross is via a single invisible bridge.
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* BattleCouple: Magnus and Lucila are mates (and, according to their dialogue, he chose her because she was the only female willing to stand up to him) who hunt and fight and together. Fighting side-by-side (or back-to-back) they cut a swathe through the Tin Man's army.


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* CoolAirship: Ends with Victoria, Phadrig and Gromit setting sail in a steam powered airship propelled by fan-like oars as they [[AndTheAdventureContinues go in search of Phadrig's sons]].
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* NightmarishFactory: To reach the secret chamber where the Tin Man has hidden his heart, the heroes have to pass through the Great Steam Engine of Oz. It is blisteringly hot, everything is bathed in a hellish red glow, it is filled with smoke and steam, and coal keeps raining down upon their heads. Phadrig and Gromit both almost pass out from the exertion it takes to get through.
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* ParasolOfPain: CoolOldLady Candace drives off the kalidah (a creature with a body like a bear, a head like a tiger, and claws long and sharp enough to tear a lion in two) that is sniffing at the box where Victoria, Phadrig and Gromit are hiding by whacking it repeatedly with her umbrella.
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* {{Steampunk}}: The Tin Man is now the ruler of Emerald and has turned the city in to a steam powered Utopia, driven by the eponymous steam engines. Now he seeks to expand his rule over the rest of Oz, and wipe out magic and replace it with technology.
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* NoOSHACompliance: The machine Victoria is working on at the start of the film is one that obviously requires regular maintenance (after all, that's her job), so surely it would have made more sense to design it so that all parts that will need replacing can be accessed without the mechanic having to climb up the outside of the machine with no ladders or safety lines, and over the top of exposed whirring gears? Or, at least, have some way of turning the machine off while it is worked on?
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* DualWielding: When the lions and the munchikins take on Oz's army, FourStarBadass Sir Blackburn charges Magnus weilding an [[ShockStick elctro-sword]] in each hand.
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* BladeBrake: When Victoria performs her SucidalGotcha, Lucila and Heflin jump after her, only to find themselves plummenting off a cliff. Lucila arrests her fall by digging her claws into the cliff face and sliding to stop. Heflin is not so luck (or quick witted).

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* BladeBrake: When Victoria performs her SucidalGotcha, SuicidalGotcha, Lucila and Heflin jump after her, only to find themselves plummenting off a cliff. Lucila arrests her fall by digging her claws into the cliff face and sliding to stop. Heflin is not so luck (or quick witted).
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: The film ends with Victoria, Phadrig and Gromit setting sail in a CoolAirship to search for Phadrig's sons.


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* BladeBrake: When Victoria performs her SucidalGotcha, Lucila and Heflin jump after her, only to find themselves plummenting off a cliff. Lucila arrests her fall by digging her claws into the cliff face and sliding to stop. Heflin is not so luck (or quick witted).
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* HangingByTheFingers: Oscar ends up hanging by his fingers when he falls off the side of the munchikins' invisible bridge.


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* SuicidalGotcha: When Victoria is cornered by Lucila and Heflin in the Emerald Forest, she takes a step backwards and drops off the edge of a cliff. The two lions leap after her, only to find her hanging from a tree root a short distance below the rim. Lucila stops her own fall by [[BladeBrake digging her claws into the cliff face]], but Heflin face plants at the base of the cliff.
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* HappinessInSlavery: In the beginning, Victoria lives in the dungeons and spends her days maintaining the engines that keep Oz running. She is completely happy with this because she believes that the Tin Man is a kind and benevolent leader who is never wrong, so if her part in his grand design requires her to live in a dungeon and toil underground then so be it. She even thinks that part of the reason for her being kept in the dungeon is so that the dungeon guards will have employment.
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* MechaMooks: The Tin Man uses automatons as powerful shock troops and cannon fodder. These include [[DreadfulDragonfly giant mechanical dragonflies]] and brass foot soldiers (who, in a MythologyGag, look a lot like Tik-Tok from ''Literature/OzmaOfOz'' and ''Literature/TikTokOfOz''.


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* ShockStick: The Tin Man's troops carry electrified swords.

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Victoria Wright, a young mechanic who works keeping the gears of the Emerald City turning, is whisked away by flying monkeys to meet Locasta, the Good Witch of the North. She dispatches Victoria on a quest to save Oz from the Tin Man's ambition. Accompanied by the Wizard's brother Phadrig and a munchikin named Grommet, Victoria leaves the Emerald City for the first time. She gathers allies including the Cowardly Lion's son Magnus, a tribe of industrious munchikins, and eventually the mysterious Wizard of Ox himself, reminds them that the Tin Man once had a heart. Together the RagtagBunchOfMisfits set out on a quest to help find the Tin man’s heart.

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Victoria Wright, a young mechanic who works keeping the gears of the Emerald City turning, is whisked away by flying monkeys to meet Locasta, the Good Witch of the North. She dispatches Victoria on a quest to save Oz from the Tin Man's ambition. Accompanied by the Wizard's brother Phadrig and a munchikin named Grommet, Gromit, Victoria leaves the Emerald City for the first time. She gathers allies including the Cowardly Lion's son Magnus, a tribe of industrious munchikins, and eventually the mysterious Wizard of Ox himself, reminds them that the Tin Man once had a heart. Together the RagtagBunchOfMisfits set out on a quest to help find the Tin man’s heart.


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* MeaningfulName: Victoria is a mechanic named 'Wright'.
* SelfRestraint: At the start of the film, Victoria has keys not only to her dungeon cell, but the other cells and the main doors of the dungeon. She lets herself out each morning to go work, and locks herself back up at night. It never occurs to her to escape because she does not consider herself a prisoner: instead believing that being kept in the dungeons is her part in the Tin Man's grand design.

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* LightningCannon: The munchikins have [[GatlingGood Gatling]] lightning cannons mounted on their planes.

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* LightningCannon: LightningGun: The munchikins have [[GatlingGood Gatling]] lightning cannons mounted on their planes.
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* GatlingGood: The munchikin planes are mounted with Gatling {{Lightning Gun}}s operated by gunners positioned on the wings.
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* LightingCannon: The munchikins have [[GatlingGood Gatling]] lightning cannons mounted on their planes.

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* LightingCannon: LightningCannon: The munchikins have [[GatlingGood Gatling]] lightning cannons mounted on their planes.



* LoveMakesYouCrazy: It was losing his love Nimmie Amee that caused the Tin Man to go crazy with grief and remove his heart.

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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: It was losing his love Nimmie Amee that caused the Tin Man to go crazy with grief and remove his heart.heart, and gradually become a TinTyrant: seeking to destroy both magic and the munchikin race as the two factors he considered responsible for her death.

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* AdaptationDisplacement: Oz's ruler is called the Tin Man, as he was in the 1939 film ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', rather than the Tin Woodsman, as he was in the original ''Literature/LandOfOz'' novels.


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* ActionGirl:
** Victoria is a WrenchWench who keeps the gears of Oz turning, but in her first real fight she takes on three lions and very nearly gets the best of them.
** The lioness Lucilla is one half of a BattleCouple with her mate Magnus.
* AdaptationDisplacement: Oz's ruler is called the Tin Man, as he was in the 1939 film ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', rather than the Tin Woodsman, as he was in the original ''Literature/LandOfOz'' novels.
* AnAxeToGrind: Unsurprisingly, the Tin Man wields a massive axe as his WeaponOfChoice.
* DreadfulDragonfly: The Tin Man's MechaMooks include giant mechanical dragonflies which he sends after the munchikin air force.
* HighClassGlass: Phadrig wears a monocle all the time. He even sleeps in it.
* LightingCannon: The munchikins have [[GatlingGood Gatling]] lightning cannons mounted on their planes.
* LosingYourHead: The Tin Man decapitated his advisor Scarecrow for daring to question his plans to modernize Oz. The heroes find Scarecroe's head in the Emerald Palace and are shocked when it calmly starts conversing with them.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: It was losing his love Nimmie Amee that caused the Tin Man to go crazy with grief and remove his heart.
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''The Steam Engines of Oz'' is a 2018 Canadian fantasy adventure animated film written and directed by Sean Patrick O'Reilly. It is based on the comic book series of the same name by Erik Hendrix. It features the voices of Creator/WilliamShatner, Creator/RonPerlman, Creator/JulianneHough, Creator/AshleighBall, and Creator/ScottMcNeil.

Set 100 years after ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', The Emerald City is now ruled by the Tin Man: once one of Oz's greatest heroes, but now a heartless tyrant. Under his rule, the city has advanced to {{steampunk}} levels of technology; powered by the mighty steam engines of Oz. Tin Man continues to expand the city's territory, threatening to swallow the Emerald Forest and destroy its inhabitants.

Victoria Wright, a young mechanic who works keeping the gears of the Emerald City turning, is whisked away by flying monkeys to meet Locasta, the Good Witch of the North. She dispatches Victoria on a quest to save Oz from the Tin Man's ambition. Accompanied by the Wizard's brother Phadrig and a munchikin named Grommet, Victoria leaves the Emerald City for the first time. She gathers allies including the Cowardly Lion's son Magnus, a tribe of industrious munchikins, and eventually the mysterious Wizard of Ox himself, reminds them that the Tin Man once had a heart. Together the RagtagBunchOfMisfits set out on a quest to help find the Tin man’s heart.

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